Charles John Collings (Canadian 1848-1931)
Tunnel in the Mountains
watercolour, signed with monogram lower left
Size: 10 ½ x 14 ¾ in (with frame 20 ¾ x 25 in)
J17387
An avid outdoorsman, Collings was already an established, albeit largely self-taught, artist in Britain when he moved to Canada in 1910 at the age of 62 and settled near Shuswap Lake in the B.C. Interior with his wife and two sons. It was here that Collings found his true and lasting inspiration for his artwork. He perfected his technique using paper soaked in water then mixing the colours directly on the paper. Collings sketched en plein air but created the finished works in his studio; thus giving his imagination free reign. Because of his pioneer life and solitude in the mountains, Collings was not influenced by the artistic trends of the day and was therefore free to develop his unique perception of nature and to capture its vastness and grand intensity.
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